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Giant Crabs Colonize Rome's Ancient Ruins
Italy Magazine/ANSA ^
| 10-28-2005
Posted on 10/28/2005 3:29:13 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:29:13 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:30:14 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...oops, did I say that out loud?)
To: blam
To: blam
Figures...??...oh you meant that kind of crabs
Doogle
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:30:24 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
To: blam
Are they edible?
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:30:48 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin' "whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!")
To: SunkenCiv; Shermy
GGG Ping.
Thanks to Shermy for the article.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:30:53 PM PDT
by
blam
To: mainepatsfan
Crab People !
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:32:46 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: Redcloak
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:33:17 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: blam
re: This isolated urban population of crustaceans is giving clear signs of having taken its own evolutionary course, said Danilo Mainardi, a professor of behavioural ecology at Venice university.--------Zoologists say the new crab colony in the heart of Rome could turn out to be important for the conservation of the species, which risks dying out in rural waterways....
I guess a non-evo like me is about the only person to notice the contradiction here.
First, they claim to see the arrival of a new species. Then the praise the circumstances that appear to preserve a species unchanged.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:36:31 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
(.)
To: blam
They also say it fits into a more general phenomenon of cities, with their special ecosystems, providing many species of animals with new, but acceptable, habitats. Like 'possums and raccoons in suburban garbage cans.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:37:29 PM PDT
by
caryatid
(There are none so blind as those who will not see ...)
To: blam
A new species? Or just a river crab with street smarts.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:38:59 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: RightWhale
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:41:47 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Support the Minutemen Civil Defense Corp...Doing the Job our government won't !)
To: Dog
To heck with butter.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:42:12 PM PDT
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
To: blam
I know a few Romans who are overgrown and REAL crabby.
:^)
To: blam
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:52:57 PM PDT
by
Wiggins
To: blam
Giant crabs.
Isn't that what is shown in Pompeii's "forbidden frescoes"?
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:53:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: peyton randolph
They did cause the Beavertown flood as well.
To: EveningStar
ping. Crab people. Crab people.
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posted on
10/28/2005 3:58:59 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: mainepatsfan
They did cause the Beavertown flood as well. Dang. I was blaming that on global warming. :-)
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posted on
10/28/2005 4:00:17 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: blam
Given the lifestyles of ancient romans I'm sure many of them had crabs.
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posted on
10/28/2005 4:03:13 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Shawnlaw
(Rock beats scissors, don't run with rocks. NRA)
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